Claims extracted
21
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
14%
3 of 21 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
The Guardian's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
3
World
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Liza-Jayne Loch was returning home from a business trip to New Zealand when her Qantas flight ran into trouble.
asserted
flight → return → trouble
The plane was climbing above the scenic South Island’s mountain ranges on Saturday afternoon, bound for Sydney, when a bang shook the cabin.
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bang → climb → cabin
A passenger seated near the left wing soon shouted “the engine’s on fire”, Loch recalled, as the cabin lights began to flicker.
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lights → seat → fire
Footage recorded by a passenger and shared with AAP shows flames appearing to issue from the plane’s left engine in a series of rapid bursts.
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flames → record → bursts
“I was sitting on the left-hand side of the plane, and the flames were very, very visible,” Loch said.
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Loch → sit → plane
As the plane continued to gain altitude, Loch tried to comfort herself by recalling that modern jets could land safely on a single engine.
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jets → continue → engine
“That’s what I kept in my head, that we could actually fly on one engine,” she said.
uncertain
she → ’ → engine
“But the flames kept coming and the noise kept coming.”
Qantas flight QF122 suffered a suspected engine issue shortly after taking off from Queenstown on Saturday afternoon, before making a priority landing at Christchurch.
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flight → come → Christchurch
According to FlightAware, the Boeing 737 landed about 52 minutes after takeoff, touching down shortly before 5pm local time.
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Boeing → accord → pm
The cause of the incident has yet to be determined, but Qantas sent two engineers to Christchurch on Sunday to investigate.
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Qantas → have → Sunday
Both engines are thought to have remained in operation for the duration of the flight.
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engines → think → flight
Loch said conditions soon stabilised after the initial shock, while cabin staff sought to comfort passengers.
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staff → say → passengers
“The crew were all terribly, terribly calming,” Loch said.
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Loch → say → ?
Emergency services were waiting on the tarmac when the flight landed, with passengers allowed to disembark as normal after a short wait.
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passengers → wait → wait
“There were massive cheers when we landed,” Loch said.
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Loch → be → ?
A Qantas spokesperson said the plane was believed to have suffered an engine issue and steps would be taken to support affected customers.
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steps → say → customers
“Our pilots are highly trained to manage situations like this and the aircraft landed safely,” they said.
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they → train → this
“We know this would have been a distressing experience for passengers and will be contacting all customers to provide support.”
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this → know → support
Affected passengers were put up in a hotel near the Christchurch international airport before being booked on a complimentary flight to Sydney on Sunday.
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passengers → put → Sunday
While the second flight went off without a hitch, Loch said nerves were still high.
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nerves → go → hitch
“I cried getting off the plane when we landed in Sydney,” Loch said.
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Loch → cry → Sydney
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